Psychology Graduate School: A User’s Manual provides a user-friendly description of what graduate study in clinical,counseling, and school psychology is really like. Rather thana mere how-to manual, this book describes the nitty-gritty of thegraduate student experience in a casual style so that you will beprepared and successful. Written by an experienced graduate schoolprofessor, this book cuts to the heart of what you’ll experience as agraduate student (good, bad, and otherwise). Topics include dealingwith imposter syndrome, understanding faculty, starting clinicalwork, applying for your internship, celebrating milestones, and craftinga professional narrative. Equal parts inspirational and instructive,Steven R. Smith cuts to the chase about how to deftly navigate thesystem while keeping your wits about you. Punctuated with quotesand stories from graduate students from all over the country, thisreadable and enjoyable text will be of interest to students currentlyin graduate school and those looking forward to attending.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Now I Actually Have to Go?!
Chapter 2: Those Who Can, Do: Making Sense of Your Professors
Chapter 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Your Student Colleagues
Chapter 4: Research is Me-Search
Chapter 5: Approaching Clinical Work
Chapter 6: How To Be You. . . as a Therapist
Chapter 7: Milestones and Rites of Passage
Chapter 8: An Anxiety-Provoking, Stress-Inducing, and Somewhat Dehumanizing Process Designed by Psychologists: The Internship Match Game
Chapter 9: Going Pro: Becoming a Human Psychologist
Chapter 10: Get a Life!
Chapter 11: Sitting in the Other Chair: Personal Therapy
Chapter 12: So Why Bother? Remembering the Big Picture
Index
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